ARCHAEO-ASTRONOMY/ASTRO-ARCHAEOLOGY – American/British terms for the study of alignments from sacred sites to significant horizonal astronomical events like the Summer Solstice Sunrise alignment at Stonehenge.
CROSS-QUARTER DAYS – the midpoints in time between the solstices and equinoxes which, in temperate climes, represent critical points in the changes of light and season. Traditionally, these are Imbolc or Candlemas (early February), Beltane (early May), Lughnasadh (early August) and Samhain or Hallowe'en (early November).
DOME – (Known in Britain as a blind spring.) Primary water forced up under pressure towards the surface of the Earth. At some point, it hits an impermeable layer of rock or clay, and then moves laterally into veins.
EARTH ENERGIES – The life force system of our Earth. The equivalent to the human body's acupuncture meridians.
EARTH MOTHER – While the Mother and Father are everywhere, this term is used to identify those telluric yin energies that are able to reach the surface of the Earth because of veins of flowing water, fault lines and certain mineral deposits. Also refers to Gaia, the Greek deity, who was the Mother of us all.
ENERGY LEY – A six to eight-foot beam of yang energy with a direction of flow. Energy leys (E-leys) expand and contract according to the time of day, time of Moonth, and other factors. They always run in straight lines, and often, but not always, run concurrently with leys, alignments of holy sites.
EQUINOX – The day when the Sun crosses the Equator making the night equal in length to the day everywhere on Earth.
GEOMANCY – [Earth Divination] The art of designing and placing structures in the landscape so that the Earth Energies enhance their intended use, and so that the structure itself is in harmony with its environment.
LEY – An alignment of sacred sites (in Britain, five within ten miles), each of which has primary water under it.
MAJOR AXIS – The most significant alignment of a sacred site. Usually the longest axis. At Stonehenge, it is the alignment to the Summer Solstice Sunrise.
MINOR AXIS – Any significant line drawn perpendicular to the major axis of a sacred site.
NEO-GEOMANCY – A partial and warped attempt to use the Earth Energies to gain political power over others. A misuse of these Energies.
POWER CENTER – A gathering of the Earth Energies. At a minimum, the crossing of one energy ley and one vein of primary water.
PRIMARY WATER – (Also called juvenile water.) Created in the bowels of the Earth as a by-product of various chemical reactions. Does not come from rain water that has soaked into the Earth.
PSEUDO-GEOMANCY – False geomancy. Not in harmony with or aware of the Earth Energies.
RANGE LINES – Synonymous with "ley." First used by William Pidgeon in 1853 in his book, De-Coo-Dah.
SARSEN – A kind of stone found on the Wiltshire Downs. Used both at Stonehenge and at Avebury.
SOLAR FATHER – While the Father and Mother are everywhere, this term is used to identify the yang energies, like energy leys, that come from the Sun behind the Sun.
SOLSTICE – The times when the Sun reaches its maximum distance north or south from the Equator. Summer Solstice occurs when it reaches the Tropic of Cancer; Winter Solstice, when it reaches the Tropic of Capricorn.
VEIN (of water) – Cracks or fissure in the Earth's mantle that allow primary water to flow through them.
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